Sweat band for hats



Aug- 7, 1934 J. CAVANAGH SWEAT BAND FOR HATS Filed Jan. 10, 1934Patented ug. 7, 1934 unirsi; :STAT-ss (6 Claims :present 'inventionzrelates to hats :and 'sweat bands therefor, such as farefmore-icomnionly used in connection with mens i'hats.

The purpose ci Ithe inventi'on .is to provide .a sweat band for hatsthat will be rela-tively f'soft and comfortable Ito wear and '.whi'ch'will zserve to prevent ythe 'perspiration 'from therorehead 'of thewearer contacting iwi-th and soiling the body of 'the fh'at, 'in whichithe :sweat .band is mounted, and vespecially "to lprodu'ce fa noveldorm of :sweat bandwhich will present an. attractive appearance to hatwhen applied thereto, and which maybe readily andldurably'appli'edwithnut visible'means of attachment such for .instance .as stitching.

'Theinvention accordingiy consists inthe features "of construction,.f'combination foi fel'ements and 'arrangement :of parts wherein theTower annular flanged -edrge 4portion of the 'sweat fband fis uniformly'disposed outward against the fundersurfaceof the i'innenedge :portionofthe hat brim in Va manner Tto form a facing r.so to speak fof `thesweat 1band, which stands :out`in pleasant :relief and in a @way 'to:distinguish fthe :hat :from other makes upon the market.

'Similar lcharacters .of 'reference will b'e .ifound to designatelike orcorresponding partsthroughout the several figures 'of the :accompanyingdrawing, and in which "Fig. l''s'ho'ws :a bottom perspective :View kof aIpanama hat which my .novel form o'f :sweat band is shown applied;

Fig. 2 'shows fan fenlarg'ed cross sectional View of the form ci sweatleather 'employed in the make-up of vthe sWeatband;

Fig. 3 shows a somewhat vsimilar :cross-'sectional view o'f vthefsweatres'isting backing mem-Y bei' "forming apart of the sweat band,--an'dalso illustratesthenarrowstrip of rubber iti'ssue covering thelooped portion of fthe sweat-resisting L strip; and

Fig. 4 shows an enlarged vertical `cross sectional View vtaken on Iline4-'4 of Fig. 1,"throug`h aportion of the body of `the 'hat andtheassembled members `of the sweat vband, including the wire .enclosedwithin the, outer annular flanged lp'o'ra few instances these bands havebeen made of other materials. Therefore, while I prefer to use leatherfor the principal or head-contacting member of my sweat-band, I do notwish to be limited in this particular.

My improved type of sweat band is Well adapted (Cl. '2L-TST) shwnitobesubstantially straight, can be slightly scoped .andcurved 'as .iscommonlythe case in thedormati'on'o panama and-some forms 'oi felt hats.I speak 'of the brim portion ofgthe hat more 'particularly since myinvention in part covers a portion 'of the underiace of the brim asywill .later lbe Y:more vfully explained,

Inth'e use herein fof the temfUleather I mean to v'designate `one.particular member of my improved sweat band, fand which in practice canbe :made fofll'eather or other suitable material. This leatlier, :as fawhole is l'designated as l2 and includes .an fannular head engagingVportion 13,

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an outwardlyfdispos'ed rflange portion 14 and-an inwardly and vupwardlydisposed annular edge portion 15 which serves for :the attachment, bymeans of stitches i6, for the sweat band to the hat. f

In 'addition to Tthi's leather member, I provide a stripofsweat-resisting `material 1-7 such for instance'as o'iied silk whichis'obviously very light and in this case would be cut and -formed to eX-tend around the inner 'band portion of the hat bet-weentlre leather andthe inner side wall of the crown s'o that suc'h 'sweat or .dampnesswhich might .penetrate the leather would contact with said material andbe directedldownward between the two folded lportions of the leather,and 'thus prevented from Ycontacting with the body of the hat `andsoiling the same. y

This .sweat-resistingstrip `is `formed to include ari-outwardlywdisposed folded lhanged portion `18 somewhat similar 'to 'the leather,Vand is vdesigned and proportioned to be placed within the foldedflanged portion of the leather, as is clearly shown in Fig. 4. In theformation of the flanged portion 18 of this sweat-resisting member, thelower edge portion is disposed outwardly and folded around an annularreed or wire 19 and then returned and disposed against the main body ofthe silk strip, as at 20, the said folded flanged portion being attachedto the reed by a row of stitching 21 that follows along adjacent to thereed.

In addition to the foregoing, I also cover this folded flanged portionof the sweat band with a thin strip of sheet rubber 22 which is attachedby means of said row of stitching 21 so as to complete the assembly ofthe sweat-resisting strip, the reed and the rubber, preparatory to itsplacement in between the folded flange portion of the leather which aswill be understood has been previously attached to the hat body by meansof the stitches 16.

After this flanged portion of the sweat-resisting strip, together withthe enclosed wire and attached strip of rubber, see Fig. 3, have beenplaced in position within the leather, as in Fig. 4, the same are placedon a suitable hat brim flange not shown, bottom up, whereupon rtheleather, more particularly the folded annular flange portion 14 ispressed in the usual manner, thus conforming it to the shape of the hatbrim, the sweatresisting member and the leather so as to form anassembled sweat band which is held in the hat by the first mentioned rowof stitching 16.

This assembled structure forms a sweat band wherein perspiration isabsolutely prevented from contacting with the hat body since any sweatwhich may by chance work through the leather is by means of thesweat-resisting strip 17 deilected down into the annular pocket formedwithin the annular fold of the leather, from which it naturally sooneror later evaporates and passes off into the crown of the hat. -Inaddition to this feature of protecting the hat body, there is also theremaining and important one of the production of the annular flange 18beneath the brim that is snugly held against the underside of the brimby means of thereed or wire 19 enclosed within the several thicknessesof material. So far as we have found out, this flange portion of thesweat band will snugly hold its position against the brim by reason ofthe annular wire contained therein, without any additional means.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is:

l. The combination with a hat body, yof an annular sweat leather havingan outwardly disposed lower edge portion that is folded over andreturned beneath the hat brim forming an annular flange, means forsecuring this returned annular edge portion to the hat body, a strip ofsweat-resisting material positioned between the leather and the hat bodyand extended outwardly within the folded portion of the leather, andfolded and returned against the inner side of the attached edge, thefolded portions of the'sweatresisting material being secured together.

2. The combination with a hatbody, of an annular sweat leather having anoutwardly disposed lower edge portion that is folded over and returnedbeneath the hat brim, means for securing this returned annular edgeportion to the hat body, a strip of sweat resisting material positionedbetween the leather and the hat body and extended outwardly within thefolded portion of the leather and folded and returned against the innerside of the attached edge, and

a stiffening means within the folded edge portion of the flange tosupport the same.

3. The combination with a hat body, of an annular sweat leather havingan outwardly disposed lower edge portion that is folded over beneath thehat brim, returned and disposed upward against the inner wall of thecrown, means for securing this inwardly and upwardly disposed annularedge portion to the hat body, astrip of sweat resisting materialpositioned against the side of the leather, between it and the hat bodyand extended outwardly within the folded portion of the leather, andfolded and returned against the inner side of the attached edge, andmeans within the folded edge portion o-f the flange to stiien andsupport the same.

4. The combination with a hat body, of an annular sweat leather havingan outwardly disposed lower edge portion that is folded over beneath thehat brim, returned anddisposed upward against the inner wall of thecrown, means for securing this inwardly and upwardly disposed annularedge portiontothe hat body, a strip of sweat-resisting materialpositioned against'the back of the leather, between it and the hat bodyand extended outwardly within the folded portion of the leather, andfolded and returned against the inner side of the attached edge, and anannular wire within the folded edge portion of the sweat-resistingmaterial and sweat leatherto stiffen the folded edge portion of thesame. Y

5. The combination with ahat body, of an annular sweat leather having anoutwardly disposed lower edge portion that is folded over beneath thehat brim, returned and disposed upward against the inner wall of thecrown, means for securing this inwardly and upwardly disposed annularedge portion to the hat body, a strip of sweat-resisting 'materialpositioned against the back of the leather, between it and the hat Vbodyand extended outwardly within the folded portion of the leather andfolded and returned against the inner side ofthe attached edge, Athefolded portions of the sweat-resisting material and the sweatleatherbeing held together, and means for holding the flanged portionyof the sweat leather.

:6. The combination with a hat body, of an attached annular sweatleather having an outwardly disposed lower edge portion that is foldedover beneath the hat brim, returned and disposed upward against `theinner wall of the crown, means for securing this inwardly and upwardlydisposed annular edge portion of the hat body, a strip ofsweat-resisting material positioned against the back of the leather,between it and the hat body and extended` outwardly within the foldedportion of the leather and folded and returned against the inner side ofthe attached edge, and an annular wire within the folded edge portion ofthe sweat-resisting material and sweat leather, the folded portions ofthe Vsweat-resist-v ing material and thesweat leather being heldktogether.

JOHN CAVANAGH. Y

